Chapter Summaries

The Black Robe Team used flight, coordinated attacks, and tactical control to overwhelm the Imperial Dou Team. Yu Tianheng unleashed Wrath of Lightning but was knocked from the air, and the chapter left his team with only four members still standing against the seven airborne opponents.

• Xiao Xian and his teammates drew Yu Tianheng into the air while Xiao Wu, Ma Hongjun, Tang San, and Dai Mubai pressured the Imperial Dou Team’s rear and trapped the Shi Brothers.
• Dugu Yan released her Jade Serpent Purple Poison, forcing the Black Robe Team into the air, but the team avoided the mist and kept Yu Tianheng suspended above the battlefield.
• Yu Tianheng activated Wrath of Lightning and launched Thunderous Might, but the Black Robe Team rose higher and Xiao Xian blasted him downward.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Tang San, and Oscar struck the Shi Brothers as they tried to catch Yu Tianheng, knocking both unconscious and off the Soul Platform after Ye Lingling healed them.
• Yu Tianheng and the Ghost Leopard Spirit Master regrouped beside Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling as the seven Black Robe Team members hovered above them.

Shrek’s team used its unusual skills and coordinated attacks to exhaust the Imperial Dou Team, while Xiao Xian kept Xiao Jue hidden. Xiao Xian finally summoned Xiao Jue to turn the fight decisively, leaving Dugu Yan as the only Imperial Dou member still able to resist.

• Master recognized that Shrek’s seven members could all control, attack, and fly, while Xiao Xian had yet to reveal Xiao Jue.
• The Shrek Seven Devils attacked Yu Tianheng, and Tang San’s concealed fireball struck Dugu Yan when she shielded him with her tail.
• Dugu Yan released poison mist, but Xiao Xian ordered the team to blow it back and keep their distance.
• Xiao Xian summoned Xiao Jue from within the mist, and Xiao Jue bit Yu Tianheng while blasting Dugu Yan with a hurricane.
• Xiao Jue dragged Ye Lingling and the Ghost Leopard Spirit Master out of position, then defeated them as Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan were incapacitated.
• Xiao Xian recalled Xiao Jue, and the Shrek Seven Devils surrounded Dugu Yan as the Imperial Dou Team was nearly wiped out.

The Black Robe Team defeated the Imperial Dou Team after Dugu Yan surrendered to save Yu Tianheng and Oslow from Xiao Xian’s poison. Dugu Yan wept over the loss, but Qin Ming told his students that the defeat was also a good thing.

• Ma Hongjun taunted Dugu Yan, and Dai Mubai smacked him as the Black Robe Team surrounded the remaining Imperial Dou fighters.
• Dugu Yan surrendered, and Xiao Xian withdrew his poison from Yu Tianheng and Oslow so Ye Lingling’s healing could take effect.
• Doudou announced the Black Robe Team’s victory, and both teams left the platform with the Imperial Dou Team visibly humiliated.
• The nobles applauded the battle, while Yu Tianheng apologized to Qin Ming and Dugu Yan cried over the defeat.
• Qin Ming told Dugu Yan not to take the loss to heart, saying it was a good thing, and insisted he was not merely comforting her.

After the Shrek Seven Devils defeated the Imperial Dou Team, Qin Ming encouraged his students to learn from their loss and reunited with his former teachers at Shrek Academy. Shrek celebrated the team’s victory and earned a half-month vacation, while Master left after Flender revealed his connection to Yu Tianheng’s family.

• Qin Ming told Dugu Yan and the Imperial Dou Team to grow through failure and return to rest.
• Master praised the Shrek Seven Devils for passing the second stage’s final test, and Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Master granted them a half-month vacation.
• Qin Ming arrived, paid his respects to Flender and Zhao Wuji, and met Master and the Shrek students.
• Flender revealed that Master was Yu Tianheng’s uncle, prompting Master to leave after saying he had severed ties with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Qin Ming learned about Shrek Academy’s students and considered recruiting them, while Xiao Xian led the group away and Ma Hongjun bragged about his performance.

After the Black Robe Team defeated the Imperial Dou Team, they collected their rewards and spirit duel badges, while Master met with his nephew Yu Tianheng and advised him about his defeat. The chapter ended with Master revealing that he led the Black Robe Team, leaving Yu Tianheng stunned as he began to reveal the captain's identity.

• Manager Ao gave the Black Robe Team the promised ten thousand Gold Soul Coins, and Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Xiao Wu received Gold Spirit Duel Badges.
• The team celebrated their victory on the way back, while Tang San felt sad that his father could not share the moment with him.
• The defeated Imperial Dou Team returned to their hotel, and Yu Tianheng was shocked to encounter his uncle, Master.
• Master comforted Yu Tianheng, explained that he could not return to the clan, and urged him not to become arrogant or rely too much on his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Spirit.
• Master revealed that he was the Black Robe Team's leader, then began to disclose who its captain was.

Master told Yu Tianheng that the Black Robe Captain was Xiao Xian, his former family member and a fellow Luo San Pao wielder, then defended Xiao Xian’s age and strength. Back at the hotel, the Shrek group celebrated their victory with Flender and Qin Ming until Master proposed exchanges between Shrek and Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

• Master told Yu Tianheng that the Black Robe Captain was his direct disciple Xiao Xian, who had been born with Luo San Pao and Half-level Innate Soul Power before the family cast him aside.
• Master insisted that Xiao Xian was only thirteen or slightly older and level thirty-five, and Yu Tianheng reconsidered the battle before breaking down in front of Dugu Yan.
• Xiao Xian and the others returned to the hotel, where Flender agreed to treat them after Dai Mubai handed over the ten-thousand-gold-soul-coin prize.
• Qin Ming recognized Ma Hongjun as the Black Robe Team’s purple-fire Spirit Master and learned that he had just turned thirteen, while Flender proudly described Shrek’s young students.
• Master joined the gathering and suggested Shrek and Heaven Dou Royal Academy exchange students, prompting Flender to protest that the Shrek students belonged to his academy.
• Xiao Xian considered how the group’s ties to powerful factions might make them compatible with Spirit Hall.

Master argued that Shrek’s students should temporarily join Heaven Dou Royal Academy to access training resources and qualify for the upcoming Elite Competition, leaving Flender dejected over the possibility of losing his academy’s students. Xiao Xian took Flender outside before he could agree, then suggested asking Spirit Hall to secure Shrek’s competition qualification and training environment.

• Qin Ming explained that Heaven Dou Royal Academy would likely try to keep Shrek’s students, and Master proposed they join as exchange students until the Elite Competition ended.
• Flender protested that Shrek represented twenty years of effort, but Master challenged him over the academy’s lack of a Mimicry Training Environment and tournament eligibility.
• Flender grew despondent as he realized Shrek’s students might have been held back, but Xiao Xian interrupted and invited him outside before he made a decision.
• Outside the hotel, Flender said Master could not hear them, while Zhao Wuji and Qin Ming struggled to hide their amusement inside.
• Xiao Xian told Flender that Master could ask someone to speak to the Pope, making Spirit Hall’s help with Shrek’s qualification and training environment easy to obtain.

Xiao Xian persuaded Flender to favor Blue Tyrant Academy over Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Flender instead pushed Master to seek Spirit Hall's help for Shrek. The chapter ended with Master agonizing over the decision while Tang San worried about him and Xiao Xian suggested knocking him out.

• Xiao Xian proposed that Flender move Shrek to Blue Tyrant Academy, established by Master’s sworn younger sister Liu, rather than join Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Flender agreed with Xiao Xian and warned him not to tell Master about their discussion.
• Flender told Master to seek Spirit Hall’s help securing Shrek a tournament qualification, leaving Master conflicted and unwilling to answer immediately.
• Flender left with Qin Ming, Zhao Wuji, and the others, telling them to return to the academy the next day.
• Tang San worried as Master drank alone, and Xiao Xian suggested using Tang San’s Hidden Weapon Technique to make Master sleep.

Tang San knocked Master unconscious to stop him from drinking, then Xiao Xian asked Flender for leave and a loan before Flender revealed a Soul Bone he had saved for him. The chapter ended with Flender preparing to give Xiao Xian a seven-thousand-year Left Arm Bone to treat his hidden injuries.

• Tang San threw a pebble at Master and knocked him unconscious, while Zhao Wuji scolded him for not simply carrying Master away.
• Xiao Xian decided to travel during the vacation and went to Flender to ask for leave.
• Flender approved Xiao Xian's plan and told him to return when he reached level forty, suggesting they could meet at Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Xiao Xian asked Flender to lend him money, and Flender assumed he wanted to buy a Soul Bone.
• Flender revealed a seven-thousand-year Left Arm Bone from a life crocodile-type sub-dragon and said it could ease or resolve Xiao Xian's hidden injuries.

Xiao Xian tried to borrow money from Flender to buy Whale Jelly, but Flender misunderstood and offered him a seven-thousand-year Spirit Bone. After Xiao Xian refused and revealed his External Soul Bone, he accepted a loan instead and left Shrek for Sunset Forest.

• Flender offered Xiao Xian a seven-thousand-year Life Crocodile Sub-dragon Spirit Bone, but Xiao Xian refused it and fled into the street.
• Xiao Xian revealed his poisonous External Soul Bone, and Flender realized it was not a second Martial Soul.
• Xiao Xian explained that his External Soul Bone could grow and said Flender's Spirit Bone was too low-ranked for him to absorb.
• Flender gave Xiao Xian a Black Card containing ten thousand Gold Soul Coins, and Xiao Xian borrowed five thousand more for Whale Jelly.
• Xiao Xian changed clothes, left the shop, and set out in disguise for Sunset Forest.

After Xiao Xian left Shrek without a return date, Tang San and the others discovered his hidden instructions and gifts, while Master and Flender feared the danger he faced. Xiao Xian traveled toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in Sunset Forest and entered Silves City to gather supplies.

• Tang San found Xiao Xian’s letter, which revealed that he had left on a long journey and included the Purple Jade Body’s cultivation method and instructions for finding a gift.
• Tang San discovered several hundred Dragon Whisker Needles, and Xiao Wu and Master learned that Xiao Xian had left; Flender and the others inferred that he faced a threat beyond their strength.
• Shrek returned to the academy in low spirits, while Master waited for Xiao Xian and Tang San practiced the Purple Jade Body and taught Violent Step to the others.
• Xiao Xian set out alone for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in Sunset Forest, knowing the Poison Array and Dugu Bo made the journey dangerous.
• After passing through Silves Kingdom, Xiao Xian entered Silves City to buy supplies before heading to Sunset Forest.

Xiao Xian entered Silves City to find Whale Jelly and bought the last piece at the Treasure Pavilion despite its high price and the nobles’ interest. He escaped the city unnoticed, but the nobles arranged a kingdom-wide wanted poster as he traveled toward the outskirts of Heaven Dou Empire’s imperial capital.

• Xiao Xian asked around South City and learned that the Treasure Pavilion sold items connected to the Auction House before auctions began.
• Xiao Xian used his Black Card to buy the Thousand-Year Whale Jelly for Ten Thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Xiao Xian used Sunlight Spore to deter the nobles who approached, then left the Treasure Pavilion with the Whale Jelly.
• Xiao Xian passed a searching Spirit Master at Silves City’s South City gate and left the city safely.
• The King of Sylves’s castle became lively that night, and wanted posters offering Ten Thousand Gold Soul Coins for Xiao Xian appeared across the kingdom the next day.
• Xiao Xian crossed into Heaven Dou Empire and entered a Spirit Master Town fifty kilometers from Sunset Forest.

Xiao Xian tested how Whale Rubber affected him through Xiao Jue and used the results to plan a safer approach to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. He left the hotel to buy a map of Sunset Forest and asked the shopkeeper to mark its dangerous areas.

• Xiao Xian checked into a Spirit Master Town hotel and roasted half of his Whale Rubber for Xiao Jue to consume while circulating the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
• After Xiao Jue absorbed the remaining Whale Rubber, Xiao Xian felt its energy strengthen his body and tested his increased power with a hurricane strike.
• Xiao Xian concluded that energy and spirit bones could pass between him and Xiao Jue, so he planned to have Xiao Jue consume the poisonous herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Xiao Xian left the hotel and went to a map shop, where he bought a map of Sunset Forest and asked the old shopkeeper to mark its dangerous, poisonous areas.

Xiao Xian waited for Qin Ming and the Imperial Dou Team, then used his connection to Qin Ming to enter Heaven Dou Royal Academy while concealing that he was the Black Robe Captain. After spending two days at the academy, he learned that Dugu Yan had gone home, giving him a chance to follow her toward Dugu Bo.

• Xiao Xian paid an old man for three poisonous locations marked on a map, then waited near Heaven Dou City for the Imperial Dou Team to return.
• Xiao Xian met Qin Ming and joined the Imperial Dou Team on their way to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while the team failed to recognize him as the Black Robe Captain.
• Yu Tianheng suspected Xiao Xian might be the captain who defeated his team, but he did not dare ask him directly.
• Qin Ming brought Xiao Xian into Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where he stayed for two days and was shown around by the Imperial Dou Team.
• Xiao Xian heard that Dugu Yan had gone home and realized she had been taken away.

Xiao Xian secretly entered Sunset Forest and used an air-filled leather suit to cross Dugu Bo’s Poison Array and reach the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. He found the Aromatic Silk Beauty and began searching the springs, leaving the chapter as he looked toward the Extreme Cold Yin Spring.

• Xiao Xian learned that Dugu Bo had taken Dugu Yan away from Heaven Dou Royal Academy and left the academy that evening.
• Xiao Xian evaded Qin Ming’s gaze and traveled south into Sunset Forest, following a map toward a fog-covered, poisonous mountain.
• Xiao Xian confirmed the mountain’s deadly poison by watching a soul beast die, then inflated a thick leather suit with air to create positive pressure.
• Xiao Xian bounced through the Poison Array, climbed the mountain, and descended into the valley without encountering Dugu Bo.
• Xiao Xian found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, entered the Aromatic Silk Beauty’s protective barrier, and looked toward the Extreme Cold Yin Spring.

Xiao Xian used Xiao Jue to consume the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, then left it to absorb their effects in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. He planted the Golden Patterned Blue Silver Grass nearby and returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where he checked for traces of Sunlight Spore on Dugu Yan.

• Xiao Xian summoned Xiao Jue, which cut and retrieved the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot.
• Xiao Jue consumed both poisonous herbs and plunged into the point where the two springs converged to withstand their effects.
• Xiao Xian buried the withered Golden Patterned Blue Silver Grass at a balanced spot beside the well.
• Xiao Xian escaped Sunset Forest in a leather suit and headed back toward Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Xiao Xian faked an arm wound so Qin Ming would take him to Ye Lingling, who healed it with her Nine Heart Begonia.
• Xiao Xian checked Dugu Yan's room for Sunlight Spore and found no sign that she had returned to the academy.

Xiao Xian returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and found Xiao Jue transformed into a powerful dragon. After Xiao Jue absorbed the well’s ice-fire power and Xiao Xian consumed Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, both grew stronger, leaving Xiao Xian close to Soul Power level 40 and ready to hunt for his fourth soul ring.

• Xiao Xian learned from Qin Ming that Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng would be away for several days, then hurried to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Xiao Jue emerged from the spring transformed into a colossal dragon, and Xiao Xian excitedly examined its new features.
• Xiao Xian harvested and drank Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, advancing his Purple Demon Eye to the Mustard Seed stage.
• Xiao Jue carried Xiao Xian out of Sunset Forest, then returned to him so the two could integrate the medicinal power of the ice-fire herbs.
• Xiao Xian finished absorbing the Ice Fire Power, discovered his Soul Power had risen to level 39, and decided to find someone to help hunt his fourth soul ring.

After strengthening himself in the Heavenly Spirit Mountain Range, Xiao Xian traveled to Heaven Dou City and discovered that the Silves Kingdom had placed a bounty on him. He entered Blue Tyrant Advanced Soul Master Academy to find Liu Er Long, but the guard grew suspicious when he said he was looking for his Uncle-Master.

• Xiao Xian finished cultivating with Xiao Jue and found that his new strength could let him defeat Soul Ancestors and potentially ambush Soul Kings, though his enhanced poison was difficult to control.
• Xiao Xian left the Heavenly Spirit Mountain Range, pointed two young herb gatherers toward useful plants, and headed north toward Heaven Dou City to cultivate before seeking a Ten Thousand Year flying sub-dragon for Xiao Jue's fourth ring.
• Xiao Xian spotted a wanted poster offering ten thousand Gold Soul Coins for his capture, recognized himself in the portrait, and changed out of his black robe before entering the city.
• Xiao Xian reached Blue Tyrant Advanced Soul Master Academy, intending to find Liu Er Long and help arrange a deal involving Poison Douluo and the Golden Iron Triangle.
• Xiao Xian told the gate guard he had come to see his Uncle-Master, and the guard became suspicious that he was trying to use connections.

Xiao Xian entered Blue Tyrant Academy to meet his grandaunt Liu Er Long and seek access to its training grounds. Liu Er Long recognized the Storage Spirit Tool Master had given him, learned Master would soon come to Heaven Dou, and began suspecting Xiao Xian might be more than his disciple before asking to see his martial soul.

• Xiao Xian showed his Spirit Hall Certificate to the academy guard and a teacher, who escorted him toward Liu Er Long's secluded residence.
• Liu Er Long seized Xiao Xian after recognizing the belt around his waist and demanded to know where he had gotten it.
• Xiao Xian explained that Master had given him the belt and told Liu Er Long that Master was well and would soon come to Heaven Dou with Flender.
• Liu Er Long wept at the news that Master was coming, then wondered whether Xiao Xian was his son because Xiao Xian's surname was Yu.
• Xiao Xian explained that he came from a collateral branch of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and had been taken in by Master, so Liu Er Long asked him to reveal his martial soul.

Xiao Xian was forced to enroll at Blue Tyrant Academy after Liu Er Long mistook his Purple Dragon Martial Soul for a transformed Luo San Pao and suspected he was connected to Xiao Gang. More than a month later, Liu Er Long still kept him under watch while waiting for Xiao Gang, and two students arrived carrying a fragrant basin.

• Xiao Xian summoned his Purple Dragon Martial Soul, prompting Liu Er Long to suspect that he was Xiao Gang's child or disciple and nearly attack him.
• Xiao Xian persuaded Liu Er Long to check the Blue Lightning Family's awakening records, and she enrolled him while keeping him at the academy.
• Liu Er Long saw Xiao Xian's Spirit Hall certificate listing a half-level innate soul power and a Purple-Haired Dog Martial Soul, but Xiao Xian claimed his teacher had helped Luo San Pao transform.
• Liu Er Long had Soul Kings build Xiao Xian a cabin near her hut and kept him under close watch as he and Xiao Jue cultivated.
• More than a month later, Liu Er Long had received confirmation that Yu Tianxian existed and allowed Xiao Xian to go a hundred meters from the cabin.
• At noon, two young men in white uniforms carried a huge wooden basin with a strange fragrance toward the pool.